Full Will

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Full Will

If you wish to register a DIFC Will to govern the distribution of your assets (and a Property Will is not suitable) or one which is to encompass both assets and guardianship provisions, then you should look to register a Full Will. The mandatory provisions for a Full Will are set out in Schedule 1 of the DIFC Wills and Probate Registry Rules (the ‘Registry Rules’). To help you think about the type of Full Will that would fit your circumstances and the next steps you should take, we have set-out below the key points for you to consider.

Step 1. Assets only or assets plus guardianship provisions?

If you have more than five real estate properties and/or a variety of assets, then your choice of DIFC Will must be a Full Will. If you also wish to nominate guardians for your children then you can include guardianship provisions in your Full Will. If you only want to register guardianship provisions and do not wish to distribute your assets then this can be achieved by registering a Guardianship Will. If you register a Full Will and start a family at a later date, the Full Will can be modified at that time to include the required guardianship provisions.

Assets only

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Assets and guardianship provisions

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Step 2. Choose ‘Single’ or ‘Mirror’ DIFC Will

If you are not married you should select the Single DIFC Will option whereas if you are married and both you and your wife/husband wish to register a DIFC Will at the same time, then you should select the Mirror DIFC Will option (giving an overall net reduction in registration fees).

Single Will

On the registration of a single Full Will.

AED 10,000

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Mirror Wills

On the registration of two Full Wills.

AED 15,000

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Step 3. Consider Legal Advice

Your DIFC Will is an extremely important document and you are strongly advised to consider taking legal advice in its preparation. The Registry Rules set down certain minimum requirements that must be met for a Will to be registerable and if these are not met, your Will would be unenforceable. To help you find a suitable lawyer, the Registry publishes a list of legal practitioners that have met certain minimum standards in relation to their knowledge of the Registry Rules and in relation to drafting DIFC Wills. Click here to access this list of approved draftsmen.

I need a draftsman

Select this option if you require a legal professional to draft your Will. Review our list of approved lawyers here.

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I do not need a draftsman

Please choose this option if you have drafted the Will yourself, or if the Will has previously been drafted for you.

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Step 4. Get in Touch

If you would like any more information about Full Wills or the registration of other DIFC Wills, please contact us via the enquiry form below and one of our Registry Officers will get back to you.

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UAE Inheritance Calculator

To get an indication of how your assets would be distributed in the absence of a DIFC Will, please enter the number of all your family members in the table below. You can also add the number of any friends you would wish to benefit.

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Heir categories

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Heir categories

Number

Sons

Half-Brothers from Father

Daughters

Half-Sisters from Father

Sons of sons

Siblings from Mother

Daughters of Sons

Sons of Full Brothers

Husband

Sons of Half-Brothers from Father

Wife

Full Brothers of Father

Father

Half-Brothers of Father from their Father

Mother

Sons of Full Brothers of Father

Father (or higher) of Father

Sons of Half-Brothers of Father from their Father

Mother (or higher) of Father

Beneficiary Friends

Mother (or higher) of Mother

Other relatives to mother

Full Brothers

Full Sisters

Islamic Treasury

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Disclaimer:

The UAE Inheritance Calculator presented above is intended to illustrate the methodology that underpins the distribution of assets pursuant to local laws in the UAE. Its use by you does not constitute the provision of legal advice by the DIFC Wills and Probate Registry and the figures generated from such use should not be relied upon in your decision making. The determination of the likely distribution of assets pursuant UAE and Sharia Law is a matter that requires expert legal advice from experienced lawyers and scholars. The DIFC Wills and Probate Registry is not, nor purports to be, in a position to provide such advice and nothing on this website or in any materials published or otherwise disseminated by the DIFC Wills and Probate Registry should be construed to the contrary.

Juristic schools may have different opinions about how to divide up an estate.
The IRTH program does not favor any specific school, but rather follows the
recommendations of the book "Fiqh-us Sunna." If you prefer to follow a specific
juristic school, click on the radio button next to its name.

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preference

Abu-Haneefa

Malik

Shafii

Ibn
Hanbal

Egyptian
law

Allow reversion
When the estate is undersubscribed after named heirs get their named shares,
the majority of scholars divide up the remainder among the named heirs by the
ratios of their named shares. This redivision of the remainder is called 'rudd'
or reversion. Imam Malik did not allow reversion. Malik's students allowed
reversion only if the treasury is corrupt. Checking this box means you want to
allow reversion.

Allow reversion to spouses
The majority opinion does not include spouses in reversion, as they are not
blood relatives. Uthman includes spouses in reversion as they are named heirs.
Egyptian law includes spouses in reversion if they are the sole heirs. Checking
this box means you want to allow reversion to spouses.

Bequest to non-heirs

Specify a bequest to non-heirs as a fraction of the estate, e.g., 1/4, not to
exceed 1/3 or leave blank